A soldier makes a salad at a dining facility at Fort Knox, Ky, on April 12, 2023. (U.S. Army)
AUSTIN, Texas – The Army has delayed a program to solicit restaurant partners to help run base dining facilities and instead plans to get soldiers greater access to food already available on posts, service officials said.
The new plan will include allowing soldiers to spend money in commissaries that was earmarked for dining facilities, according to leaders with Army Materiel Command.
“We took a step back,” said Lt. Gen. Chris Mohan, deputy commander of the command, which oversees resources and facilities on bases.
Earlier this year, the Army attempted to find restaurant partners to contract with the service in a similar way that some do with large college campuses.
But service leaders later realized their plan would require Congress to change some laws.
“When we started peeling this one back, I was shocked at the amount of regulatory and congressional oversight that we get that impacts the way that we do operations,” Mohan said.
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